LEADER 03642nam 2200901 a 450 001 9910814280803321 005 20240108230400.0 010 $a1-78170-074-5 010 $a1-84779-143-3 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847791436 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085635 035 $a(EBL)1069485 035 $a(OCoLC)818847161 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747051 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12316267 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747051 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10717336 035 $a(PQKB)10091414 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001552234 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16171412 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001552234 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14812984 035 $a(PQKB)10684890 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085775 035 $a(OCoLC)1132690110 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse77991 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069485 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623359 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069485 035 $a(DE-B1597)660237 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847791436 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085635 100 $a20121205d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrave community $ethe Digger movement in the English Revolution /$fJohn Gurney 205 $aPaperback edition. 210 $aManchester $cManchester University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 0 $aPolitics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain 225 0$aPolitics, culture, and society in early modern Britain 300 $a"First published by Manchester University Press in hardback, 2009"--Title page verso. 311 $a0-7190-6103-2 311 $a0-7190-6102-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aParish, community and social relations in Cobham -- The parish of Cobham and the Civil War -- Gerrard Winstanley -- Winstanley : the early writings -- The Diggers on St. George's Hill -- The Diggers and the local community -- Aftermath. 330 $aThis is the first full-length, modern study of the Diggers or 'True Levellers', who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution of 1640-60. It was in April 1649 that the Diggers, inspired by the teachings and writings of Gerrard Winstanley, began their occupation of waste land at St George's Hill in Surrey and called on all poor people to join them or follow their example. Acting at a time of unparalleled political change and heightened millenarian expectation, the Diggers believed that the establishment of an egalitarian, property-less society 410 0$aPolitics, Culture & Society in Early Modern Britain 606 $aLevellers 607 $aCobham (Kent, England)$xHistory$y17th century 607 $aCobham (Kent, England)$xSocial conditions$y17th century 607 $aEngland$xSocial conditions$y17th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1625-1649 610 $aCobham. 610 $aDigger movement. 610 $aDiggers. 610 $aEnglish Revolution. 610 $aGerrard Winstanley. 610 $aSurrey. 610 $aTrue Levellers. 610 $acivil war. 610 $apolitical change. 610 $aproperty-less society. 610 $aradical groups. 615 0$aLevellers. 676 $a942.06/2 700 $aGurney$b John$f1960-$01668397 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814280803321 996 $aBrave community$94080889 997 $aUNINA